A transmission from the deep south.Tumblr (3.0; @matthewb)http://matthewbuchanan.name/“We’re freaks, that’s all. Those two bastards got us nice and early and made us into freaks with freakish standards, that’s all. We’re the tattooed lady, and we’re never going to have a minute’s peace, the rest of our lives, until everybody else is tattooed, too.”<br/><br/> - <em>An excerpt from <i>Franny and Zooey</i> by the late <a href="http://classiclit.about.com/od/frannyandzooey/a/aa_frannyquote.htm">J.D. Salinger</a> (1919-2010). (via <a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/" class="tumblr_blog">Peter Nidzgorski</a>)</em>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/358268800http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/358268800Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:28:00 +1300writingauthorobituary<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kudno0aX5z1qz6jndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stocking stuffer: Tom Gauld’s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1935443003/bluevelvet-20"><em>The Gigantic Robot</em></a>, the illustrated tale of an impressive secret weapon whose promise goes unfulfilled. (via <a href="http://drawn.ca/2009/12/08/favourite-comics-and-art-books-of-2009-johns-picks/">Drawn!</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/275903623http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/275903623Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:59:00 +1300booksprintIllustrationAuthorrobots<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku84e91ziq1qz6jndo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.casualoptimist.com/?p=3115">Dan Wagstaff</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.jimmyturrell.com">Jimmy Turrell</a>’s book cover illustration for <em>Beat IV: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner</em>, a fully illustrated edition of the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem published by the <a href="http://www.heartagency.com">Heart Agency</a> to showcase the work of their illustrators. The book, designed by <a href="http://pentagram.com/en/new/2008/09/new-work-beat-magazine.php">Pentagram</a>, won a <a href="http://awards.dandad.org/2009/categories/illu/illustration/14150/beat-iv-the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner">D&AD Award</a> for illustration and book design.</p> </blockquote>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/271532725http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/271532725Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:15:45 +1300designawardsbooksprintpoetryAuthor“What matters is not the perception, nor the fashion, not who’s up and who’s down, but what someone has done and if they meant it.”<br/><br/> - <em>A single line from a terrific <a href="http://www.armchairnews.com/freelance/eggers.html">email response</a> by author Dave Eggers regarding creativity, criticism, selling out and “the unshakable need to reduce”. You’ll be glad you read this. (via <a href="http://delicious.com/platte/writing">Wilson Miner</a>)</em>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/266086026http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/266086026Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:58:05 +1300writingcelebrityhollywoodauthorEmail<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktjbadS7Qc1qz6f9yo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Hunter S. Thompson and Anita Bejmuk photographed in Aspen in 2002 by <a href="http://jonathanbecker.com/photographs-i/">Jonathan Becker</a> for <em>Vanity Fair</em>. (via <a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/253589471/hunter-s-thompson">Peter Nidzgorski</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/261917932http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/261917932Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:04:39 +1300photographycelebrityAuthorportraitautomotive“I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”<br/><br/> - <em>Cormac McCarthy during <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704576204574529703577274572.html">a lengthy interview</a> with <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>’s John Jurgensen. (via <a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/11/17/mccarthy">John Gruber</a>)</em>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/248314130http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/248314130Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:04:00 +1300Authorbooksfilminterviewwritingwisdom<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks20prZs1B1qz6jndo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Jon Klassen’s submission to Susan Rich’s compendium of “instant frights”, <a href="http://halfminutehorrors.com"><em>Half-Minute Horrors</em></a>. (via <a href="http://www.carsonellis.com/blog/2009/10/20/half-minute-horrors/">Carson Ellis</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/222485858http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/222485858Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:03:26 +1300booksprintshort storyfictionauthorIllustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krm58cEpow1qzn34eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://matthewbuchanan.name/search/terrible+yellow+eyes">Can’t get enough</a> of the fantastic illustrations being submitted to Cory Godbey’s Maurice Sendak tribute site, Terrible Yellow Eyes. <a href="http://www.terribleyelloweyes.com/2009/10/be-still.html">This one</a> is by Jacob Souva. (via <a href="http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/214807830/robot-heart-terrible-yellow-eyes-jacob-souva">Children’s Books</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/216189189http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/216189189Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:51:15 +1300IllustrationbookswebtributeAuthor<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krg9p7jXUO1qz6jndo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krg9p7jXUO1qz6jndo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krg9p7jXUO1qz6jndo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krg9p7jXUO1qz6jndo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krg9p7jXUO1qz6jndo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krg9p7jXUO1qz6jndo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I’d buy this if I could: Philadelphia designer Mikey Burton’s <a href="http://mikeyburton.com/projects/thesis-project/">thesis project</a> is an integrated branding campaign based around the illustrative reinterpretation of classic book covers directed toward junior-high students. The rest of his portfolio is equally polished. (via <a href="http://grainedit.com/2009/10/08/mikey-burton/">Grain Edit</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/211892164http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/211892164Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 +1300AuthorTypographybooksdesignprintIllustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr9h7rAoce1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Part of an <a href="http://www.adambaumgoldgallery.com/fine_line/page1.htm">Edward Gorey tribute</a> by <a href="http://www.cabanonpress.com/">Tom Gauld</a>. (via <a href="http://laureola.tumblr.com/post/208614601/gorey-tribute-by-tom-gauld-via-benjaminhilts">Laura Serra</a>)</p>http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/209106336http://matthewbuchanan.name/post/209106336Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:44:11 +1300illustrationAuthortributebooks